WordPress 5.3.1 Release Candidate One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 1 (RC One of the final stages in the version release cycle, this version signals the potential to be a final release to the public. Also see alpha (beta). 1) is now available for testing!
There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.3.1 release candidate: try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party (you’ll want to select the point release A set of releases or versions having the same minor version number may be collectively referred to as .x , for example version 5.2.x to refer to versions 5.2, 5.2.1, 5.2.3, and all other versions in the 5.2 (five dot two) branch of that software. Minor Releases often make improvements to existing features and functionality. nightlies option), or you can download the release candidate here (zip).
What’s in this release candidate?
5.3.1 features 44 bug and regression fixes, including improvements concerning the block Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. editor, Twenty Twenty bundled theme, accessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) focus, Admin (and super admin) CSS Cascading Style Sheets., internationalization, media, date/time…
Here’s the full list:
- #30429: wp.newPost gets non-GMT date calculation wrong
- #31245: Replace alloptions with a key cache
- #42437: Thumbnails can overwrite other uploads if filename matches
- #48271: Media Library: Tab structure does not use tab semantics
- #48313: Administration email verification uses the site locale A locale is a combination of language and regional dialect. Usually locales correspond to countries, as is the case with Portuguese (Portugal) and Portuguese (Brazil). Other examples of locales include Canadian English and U.S. English. instead of the user’s locale
- #48324: Undefined index: full in/wp-includes/media.php on line 214
- #48334: Allow the remind interval for the admin email verification to be filtered
- #48355: Media: add semantic indication for the buttons group active state
- #48371: Update sodium_compat to v1.12.1
- #48376: Update kses safecss_filter_attr function to allow gradient backgrounds
- #48406: Dashboard: Some links can be identified as such only by their color
- #48409: Menus: form controls disabled only visually when creating a new menu
- #48420: Admin CSS: standardize form controls heights, alignments, etc.
- #48550: Twenty Twenty: Customizer Tool built into WordPress core that hooks into most modern themes. You can use it to preview and modify many of your site’s appearance settings. option to show or hide author bio
- #48551: Twenty Twenty: Replace JS JavaScript, a web scripting language typically executed in the browser. Often used for advanced user interfaces and behaviors.-based smooth scroll with CSS
- #48582: Better to have some hover effects on credits list
- #48585: Color contrast changes impact color schemes negatively
- #48588: Unable to Replace Image in Image widget A WordPress Widget is a small block that performs a specific function. You can add these widgets in sidebars also known as widget-ready areas on your web page. WordPress widgets were originally created to provide a simple and easy-to-use way of giving design and structure control of the WordPress theme to the user. is using “Insert from URL A specific web address of a website or web page on the Internet, such as a website’s URL www.wordpress.org”
- #48592: About display of tag A directory in Subversion. WordPress uses tags to store a single snapshot of a version (3.6, 3.6.1, etc.), the common convention of tags in version control systems. (Not to be confused with post tags.) cloud widget
- #48598: :active button color issue in all color schemes except for “Default”
- #48601: Twenty Twenty: document.body is null
- #48606: Some date formats get incorrectly output in Italian
- #48619: Twenty Twenty: Author bio and bottom post meta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress. misaligned on mobile
- #48623: WP 5.3 time problem causes day number shifts in permalinks
- #48624: Twenty Twenty: Duplicate array key/value in TwentyTwenty_Non_Latin_Languages::get_non_latin_css
- #48652: Twenty Twenty: Input wp-comment-cookies-consent Checkbox in Comment Form is Too Small
- #48674: Typo in wp_credits_section_title documentation
- #48675: mysql2date adding timezone offset when given GMT time
- #48688: TwentyTwenty: Issue with instagram oembed css
- #48692: Add PHP The web scripting language in which WordPress is primarily architected. WordPress requires PHP 5.6.20 or higher time zone check to Site Health
- #48696: Remove the CollegeHumor oEmbed provider
- #48704: Twenty Twenty: Spelling correction of a variable and inline documentation.
- #48725: Additional Capabilities list displayed in user-edit broke after 5.3 update
- #48736: Exclude PNG images from scaling after upload
- #48763: Twenty Twenty: SmoothScroll is broken
- #48815: Select comment checkbox is partially hidden on pending comments in mobile
- #48866: TwentyTwenty: Paginated comments don’t work
- #48876: Twenty Twenty: High input fields are misaligned in Firefox
- #48884: Update WordPress packages with fixes targeted for 5.3.1
- #48906: Twenty Twenty: Add context for twentytwenty_start_of_post_meta_list and twentytwenty_end_of_post_meta_list
- #48907: Media Editor: Consistent width for Scale and Crop inputs
- #48918: Twenty Twenty: echoing bloginfo()
- #48599: Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in ../wp-admin/includes/plugin.php on line 1392
- #47069: Twenty Nineteen: the admin bar on the front end has reduced functionalities and bugs due to jQuery not being used
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